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mitch mcconnell has certainly got john boehner's back. he agrees. he says, quote, one issue i've never been conflicted about is taxes. i wasn't sent to washington to raise anybody's taxes to pay for more wasteful spending. and this election doesn't change my principles. that the president and the folks in the white house have to think about. since they are intent on raising taxes, the congressional budget office says hold the phone. not so fast because if the taxes all get hiked up as they're going to at the end of the year unless there is some sort of a change and they come to an agreement, there would wind up being a recession in this country one year from right now, unemployment would be above 9% and the economy, they say, would contract by about a half a percent when it comes to the gdp. those are two very sobering numbers. in other words, if they can figure a way to do something about the debt problem and also about stuff we were just talking about right there, you know, as we got up to the cliff, we'll have a way down. but you've got to addres
mitch mcconnell has certainly got john boehner's back. he agrees. he says, quote, one issue i've never been conflicted about is taxes. i wasn't sent to washington to raise anybody's taxes to pay for more wasteful spending. and this election doesn't change my principles. that the president and the folks in the white house have to think about. since they are intent on raising taxes, the congressional budget office says hold the phone. not so fast because if the taxes all get hiked up as they're...
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boehner at this point to simply pass the senate bill and if nothing is done it's on speaker john boehner not on the president, whether or not the tax cuts expire on january 1. >> but at the end of the day, it will be the american people that are hurt. yes, there is a bill in the senate, and yes, boehner could pass it, but he says that he does not want to raise taxes and the congressional budget office says, kelly, if we do what the republicans want us to do it will increase economic growth by 1.5%. if we do what president obama wants us to do and what she just mentioned, it would raise economic growth by 1.25%, so it's more than just tax cuts, it's more than just tax increases, we have to actually reform entitlement programs. there's a lot that needs to be done before january 1st. >> kelly: what say you about this? is angela right, 1.5%, i understand it could be as high as 1.7% if they find agreement. >> number one thing we need to focus on, while the country elected the same congress and everyone is taking their old positions, democrats have new leverage and they have the power in this
boehner at this point to simply pass the senate bill and if nothing is done it's on speaker john boehner not on the president, whether or not the tax cuts expire on january 1. >> but at the end of the day, it will be the american people that are hurt. yes, there is a bill in the senate, and yes, boehner could pass it, but he says that he does not want to raise taxes and the congressional budget office says, kelly, if we do what the republicans want us to do it will increase economic...
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john boehner, he said it's going to take a long time to work this out. let's keep in mind here that will cost every american family $3500. what can you do by december 31? >> well, we can pass the republican bill that came through the house that is sitting in the senate. the economy is still going the wrong way. we have more americans on food stamps than ever before in history, and all he wants to do is talk about raising taxes. gerri: congressman cummings a pleasure to talk you tonight. thank you for coming on. >> absolutely. gerri: president obama pushing his tax agenda. but who didn't earn a seat at the table? small business. big mistake, mr. president, that's what my next guest says. he is the president of the american business week. welcome to the show. it is great to have you here. i was shocked. we have all big fortune 500 companies going into that room. the missing players were wall street, and also small business. >> i would tell them that einstein says we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking. obama went to big businesses a cou
john boehner, he said it's going to take a long time to work this out. let's keep in mind here that will cost every american family $3500. what can you do by december 31? >> well, we can pass the republican bill that came through the house that is sitting in the senate. the economy is still going the wrong way. we have more americans on food stamps than ever before in history, and all he wants to do is talk about raising taxes. gerri: congressman cummings a pleasure to talk you tonight....
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and to john boehner. >> i'm hope to compromise. i'm hope to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but, i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. >> and i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit whole people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. i'm the not going to do that. >> instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it will do to our economy, let's start to actually solve the problem. let's focus on tax reform that closes special interest loopholes and lowers tax rates, instead of accepting arbitrary cuts that will endanger our national defense, let's get serious about shoring up the entitlement programs the drivers of our country's massive growing debt. 2013 should be the year to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform. >> dave: what boehner said, this is an opportunity for the president to lead. this is his moment. if there's one criticism that sticks to the president for the firs
and to john boehner. >> i'm hope to compromise. i'm hope to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenge. but, i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. >> and i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit whole people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. i'm the not going to do that. >> instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it...
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earlier this week house speaker john boehner offered his position. this afternoon it was the president's turn. they have got some ground to cover to get a deal done. the white house says americans voted tuesday for tax increases on the wealthy. boehner says he is open to more revenue from taxpayers if it's part of an overhaul to the entire tax code. there are way to get this done. it's likely going to take weeks of high level negligencations and they begin at the white white house next w, harris. >> harris: what is this doing to the markets our 401(k)'s? >> u.s. markets just wrapped worst week since june. much of it because of concerns about the fiscal cliff. it takes half a trillion dollars out of the economy next year alone through spending cuts and tax increases. analysts say it would likely lead to another recession. today, the major indices managed only slight gain. the dow jones industrial average rose 4. the nasdaq settled up 9. the s&p increased 2. all three dropped at least 2% for the week. harris? >> harris: rich edson, thank you very much.
earlier this week house speaker john boehner offered his position. this afternoon it was the president's turn. they have got some ground to cover to get a deal done. the white house says americans voted tuesday for tax increases on the wealthy. boehner says he is open to more revenue from taxpayers if it's part of an overhaul to the entire tax code. there are way to get this done. it's likely going to take weeks of high level negligencations and they begin at the white white house next w,...
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john boehner says he's willing to work with the president to solve the problems facing us now. >> the president knows he and i have worked together. the election is over. now it's time to get to work. bill: governor, how you doing? i haven't heard you comment since the election. it's an honor to have you back. what's going on here. boehner is a deal maker. i'm the easiest guy in the world to get along with. >> john boehner and mitch mcconnell are professionals when it comes to understanding the art of the deal. we didn't win the elections, didn't get the senate. we have to accept the hand that's been dealt to us. if you don't get to take something off the table unless you put something on the table unless you have got a gun. we don't have a gun. we didn't get that in the election. so what we have got to understand and i'm hoping members of congress will follow the leader and members of the senate will follow their leader. you can't have every republican member of congress and member of the senate trying to create a side deal. that's disaster in the making. they are not going to get ev
john boehner says he's willing to work with the president to solve the problems facing us now. >> the president knows he and i have worked together. the election is over. now it's time to get to work. bill: governor, how you doing? i haven't heard you comment since the election. it's an honor to have you back. what's going on here. boehner is a deal maker. i'm the easiest guy in the world to get along with. >> john boehner and mitch mcconnell are professionals when it comes to...
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gregg: so, steve is john boehner right or crystal right. >> john boehner gets an a in economics. he's precisely right. a large percentage of the income that barack obama wants to tax at the higher rate is small business income. the other part of it that the speaker didn't mention is the other big component of that income is investment income the money that the people put into the small businesses to create them in the first place. doug knows this very well that one of the big problems we have in the economy right now is businesses aren't inch investigating, they are not expand -lg your operations. can you think of a worst time to raise the tax rate on investment when investment went negative in the last quarter? if businesses are not investing they can't hire more workers and i agree with doug it could cause a ou double-dip recession. gregg: if you force higher income americans to pay more in taxes not through increasing their tax rates but rather closing the loopholes, deductions, credits and so on and so forth, that is still a net increase on that important sector. so how is th
gregg: so, steve is john boehner right or crystal right. >> john boehner gets an a in economics. he's precisely right. a large percentage of the income that barack obama wants to tax at the higher rate is small business income. the other part of it that the speaker didn't mention is the other big component of that income is investment income the money that the people put into the small businesses to create them in the first place. doug knows this very well that one of the big problems we...
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it will be john boehner the speaker of the house, the republic majority there. the democratic majority in the senate. mitt romney is not of washington and he will be on the outside of that debate. >> shepard: carl cammeron in boston tonight. boeing will slash jobs as part of a restructuring of its defense division. it's a big change for the pentagon's second largest supplier. in all boeing is cutting 30% of management jobs from 2010 levels. the chief executive of boeing defense says these cuts will save the company an additional 1.6 billion over the next few years. he added and i quote: we are raising the bar higher because our market challenges and opportunities require it. and our customers needs demand it. if you are planning to fly this thanksgiving, prices packed flights and long lines. that's from airline industry trade group which reports some 24 million travelers should hit the skies over the holiday up from last year and that flights will be around 90% full at peek travel times. what a joy. no kids crying. that would be a thanksgiving record if it happe
it will be john boehner the speaker of the house, the republic majority there. the democratic majority in the senate. mitt romney is not of washington and he will be on the outside of that debate. >> shepard: carl cammeron in boston tonight. boeing will slash jobs as part of a restructuring of its defense division. it's a big change for the pentagon's second largest supplier. in all boeing is cutting 30% of management jobs from 2010 levels. the chief executive of boeing defense says these...
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yesterday john boehner did just that. he said that the republicans are willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions to get a deal. harry reid extraordinarily was talking about dancing and fighting, which is his way of saying he's ready to make some sort of a deal as well. but like gretchen said a minute ago, there is a big selloff on wall street yesterday because people on wall street feel that we are much closer to going off the fiscal cliff than before the election. >> gretchen: even if get a decision here, any kind of an agreement, bipartisanship, whatever you want to call it, it's only going to be short-term. this is not a -- nobody is paying attention to erskine bowls and that whole debt reduction plan. nope of the this is just going to be another stop gap measure. how do you feel about that? is that really bipartisanship for the long-term? are we really going to face all of these issues with both parties? >> brian: erskine bowls wrote a column today and said this is the perfect time to act. boehner said
yesterday john boehner did just that. he said that the republicans are willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions to get a deal. harry reid extraordinarily was talking about dancing and fighting, which is his way of saying he's ready to make some sort of a deal as well. but like gretchen said a minute ago, there is a big selloff on wall street yesterday because people on wall street feel that we are much closer to going off the fiscal cliff than before the election. >>...
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house speaker john boehner wants a deal on spending cuts. president obama says that is not enough. >> if we're serious about reducing the deficit we have to combine cuts with revenue. >> joining us is jonathan strong. even if tax rates went up on the wealthiest households earning more than $250,000 a year the president, as the president demands, this would actually do almost nothing to reduce the deficit. i look at the joint tax committee report of conscious saying it would reduce the deficit only by 7%. that is 7% out of $1.1 trillion. in many ways is the president's solution more of an illusion? >> he is trying to sell this as a matter of fairness. he seems to be making progress politically on that front. you have a good point. another good question, there isn't any theory this would help the economy. the estimates are it would hurt this the economy. is now the right time for that? people are still hurting out there. >> gregg: the president is claiming, you heard him say this -- he has a mandate for raising taxes. i'll quote him. he said o
house speaker john boehner wants a deal on spending cuts. president obama says that is not enough. >> if we're serious about reducing the deficit we have to combine cuts with revenue. >> joining us is jonathan strong. even if tax rates went up on the wealthiest households earning more than $250,000 a year the president, as the president demands, this would actually do almost nothing to reduce the deficit. i look at the joint tax committee report of conscious saying it would reduce...
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so john boehner is the most reasonable, responsible guy in washington, according to john boehner. do you agree with that? >> well, you know, it's a new day. and perhaps there's a new john boehner. you know, i'm optimistic, and i think that, you know, elections clarify things and so i think this shows a very positive willingness to make a deal perhaps. >> ana, do you agree with that? >> well, zoraida, let's remember what the house of representatives is like. so it's not a high threshold to be the most responsible person in washington. but i do, you know, i do think that john boehner is doing everything he can to signal he's willing to work to the. i think he received a message that the american people said that they want to see some cooperation. and i do think john boehner is a businessman, a business oriented person who understands the economy, and understands that solving the fiscal cliff would be an important part of not having the economy go off a cliff again. now the big question is, okay, so john boehner thinks he's the most responsible person in washington. will his republic
so john boehner is the most reasonable, responsible guy in washington, according to john boehner. do you agree with that? >> well, you know, it's a new day. and perhaps there's a new john boehner. you know, i'm optimistic, and i think that, you know, elections clarify things and so i think this shows a very positive willingness to make a deal perhaps. >> ana, do you agree with that? >> well, zoraida, let's remember what the house of representatives is like. so it's not a high...
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veteran john boehner has a big task ahead of him. can the house speaker pull the gop together and try to make a deal with the president on the fiscal cliff as jay leno was talking about. should he? should a deal be made? a fair and balanced debate is coming up. lots of talk how the united states will eventually be world's top oil producer. that is what some say. there are questions why it is taking so long. those stories and breaking news all "happening now." jenna: well, it is a little unbelievable, but there is lot of twists and turns in this scandal we've been following so closely surrounding former cia chief and now others. hi, everybody. glad to have you with us. i'm jenna lee. rick: happy tuesday. i'm rick folbaum in for jon. controversy over the timeline of events over the petraeus investigation with members of congress wanting to know why the fbi didn't notify them and the white house until just recently when it began months ago. that investigation far from over. fbi searching the home of petraeus's alleged mistress, paula br
veteran john boehner has a big task ahead of him. can the house speaker pull the gop together and try to make a deal with the president on the fiscal cliff as jay leno was talking about. should he? should a deal be made? a fair and balanced debate is coming up. lots of talk how the united states will eventually be world's top oil producer. that is what some say. there are questions why it is taking so long. those stories and breaking news all "happening now." jenna: well, it is a...
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john boehner indicated, revenue is possible, but we're not raising tax rates. where is there compromise? >> i think where there's going to be a compromise on taxes, this be would be a good thing on the economy, might exchange lower tax rates in return for a reduction in all the loopholes that as it is distort economic activity. so if boehner were able to achieve that kind of compromise, that's one that the republicans could be pleased with. the bush tax cuts are gone, they're expiring, and the president said that 250,000 below, he wants that extended, but for those making more than 250, will the bush tax cuts come to an end? >> i don't think so. i think actually the they won't come to an end because the democrats don't want major reduction in spending, if you hit the cliff, the spending would go down and politicians love to spend money. an extension of the bush tax cuts, less we're blessed by the relatively few, jeff baso, the late steve jobs, you want to remove the barriers to their production, not raise them. >> mike: john, we're not going over this cliff, ar
john boehner indicated, revenue is possible, but we're not raising tax rates. where is there compromise? >> i think where there's going to be a compromise on taxes, this be would be a good thing on the economy, might exchange lower tax rates in return for a reduction in all the loopholes that as it is distort economic activity. so if boehner were able to achieve that kind of compromise, that's one that the republicans could be pleased with. the bush tax cuts are gone, they're expiring,...
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i think you heard john boehner say that. we've had votes in the senate where we've gotten rid of tax credits. i think that's a given. >> we need the republicans to do in 2012 what we did in 2010. we hear the mandate continue to cut spending, but they have to hear the than date real revenues not like dynamic scoring. >> and here's what happens if no agreement is reached before january 1st.bush tax rates expire. emergency unemployment benefits will end. the 2011 payroll tax holiday expires. and $984 billion in cuts will be triggered. joining me now, andy sullivan and sher a tupletts. what do you expect to come out of the meeting friday and will any real progress made? >> oh, no, but i think the optics will be important. there will beside by side getting their picture taken and i think this will reassure voters and most importantly investors that they are serious about the problem and they want t to get something done before the end of the year. they've pretty much gotten a free ride from the markets. everybody knew this was co
i think you heard john boehner say that. we've had votes in the senate where we've gotten rid of tax credits. i think that's a given. >> we need the republicans to do in 2012 what we did in 2010. we hear the mandate continue to cut spending, but they have to hear the than date real revenues not like dynamic scoring. >> and here's what happens if no agreement is reached before january 1st.bush tax rates expire. emergency unemployment benefits will end. the 2011 payroll tax holiday...
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but house speaker john boehner is shown a willingness to raise revenue if it involves simplifying the tax system. not just raising rates. >> for the purposes of bipartisan agreement, we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> and the reaction already from the markets. the dow fell in a big way yesterday. that's due to things happening overseas but also has to do with the approaching fiscal cliff. in washington, fox news. >> president obama will become the first sitting u.s. president to visit the southeast asian country of berma later this month. it was a repressive military regime. the white house has encouraged the move towards democracy. the visit was announced this morning. >> election official inside virginia are thinking of solutions to the long lines of voters forced to wait during tuesday's election. voters shouldn't have to wait more than an hour. using optical scans instead of touch screens and bringing in more voting machines. the problem is being blamed on a high voter turn out and few voting machines. >> with the election in the books metro is look
but house speaker john boehner is shown a willingness to raise revenue if it involves simplifying the tax system. not just raising rates. >> for the purposes of bipartisan agreement, we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. >> and the reaction already from the markets. the dow fell in a big way yesterday. that's due to things happening overseas but also has to do with the approaching fiscal cliff. in washington, fox news. >> president obama will become...
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boehner said that he -- he seemed to indicate that he wanted to wait until after january. do you think that that's going to happen, that there might be an extension of the runway, if you will, to allow for there to be negotiations in the next term? >> well, something has to be done now because the fiscal cliff and the sequestration across-the-board cuts in january. we'll have to see. i spoke with the president today. we've been speaking as a leadership team. we would like to do as much of it as we can now because -- if we can. but we don't really know what speaker boehner's words mean in terms of coming back. i do know that one thing we could do that would be very positive and very immediate would be to pass our farm bill which has $23 billion in deficit reduction in it. but i mean, we would like to do as much as we can. we've got a huge debt. we've got to address what needs to happen on tax reform as well. but we'll have to see. at this point i don't think we're fully going to know until next week when we come back. >> jennifer: you guys have a stronger hand so you should
boehner said that he -- he seemed to indicate that he wanted to wait until after january. do you think that that's going to happen, that there might be an extension of the runway, if you will, to allow for there to be negotiations in the next term? >> well, something has to be done now because the fiscal cliff and the sequestration across-the-board cuts in january. we'll have to see. i spoke with the president today. we've been speaking as a leadership team. we would like to do as much of...
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talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. there will be no logical appropriations process with respect to those issues in the lame duck. >> who would be among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to lead the administration? >> i will defer to my democratic colleagues. i have seven nominations. >> i did not know what the plan is. usually in most administrations, people kind of offer their resignations en masse and that the president figure out if there is any of them that they've really got to hang onto. my sense is a lot of the fault have already said they
talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. there will be no logical appropriations process with respect to those issues in the lame duck. >> who would be among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to lead the administration? >> i will defer to my democratic colleagues. i have seven nominations. >> i did not know what the plan is. usually in most administrations, people kind of offer their resignations en masse and that the president figure out if...
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house speaker john boehner says he is willing to work with president obama to reach a deal. boehner says this week's election is proof the american people want republicans and democrats to work together for a solution to a crisis that could plunge the country back into a recession. >> the american people have spoken. they've re-elected president obama and they have again re-elected a republican majority in the house of representatives. if there's a mandate in yesterday's results, it's a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions to the challenges that we all face as a nation. >> boehner says the deal could include new tax revenue to help reduce the national debt. >>> don't be surprised if you've lost a few friends on facebook if you've shared your thoughts on the election on the social networking site. the election is sparking a facebook feud. those posts often offended people with different political believes. some took the dramatic step of unfriending the ranters, and for those not ready to end the friendship over politics, there's always the option of
house speaker john boehner says he is willing to work with president obama to reach a deal. boehner says this week's election is proof the american people want republicans and democrats to work together for a solution to a crisis that could plunge the country back into a recession. >> the american people have spoken. they've re-elected president obama and they have again re-elected a republican majority in the house of representatives. if there's a mandate in yesterday's results, it's a...
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he called house speaker john boehner yesterday. house leaders from both parties conceding tuesday's election was a call to compromise. >> there's an alternative to going over the fiscal cliff. by working together and creating a fairer, simpler, cleaner tax code, we can give our country a stronger, healthier economy. a stronger economy means more revenue, which is what the president seeks. >> this isn't something that i'm going to draw the lines in the sand, he's not going to draw any lines in the sand, i don't believe, and i think we need to work together. >> the ceo of a global asset management firm put the odds at 30 to 40% that the u.s. will fall off the fiscal cliff. let's hope he's wrong. >>> governor john hickenlooper of colorado says don't break out the cheetos or the goldfish, at least not yet, after voters passed a ballot measure legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. that's setting up a looming legal battle with the justice department. we have this statement from the dea. "the drug enforcement administration's enfo
he called house speaker john boehner yesterday. house leaders from both parties conceding tuesday's election was a call to compromise. >> there's an alternative to going over the fiscal cliff. by working together and creating a fairer, simpler, cleaner tax code, we can give our country a stronger, healthier economy. a stronger economy means more revenue, which is what the president seeks. >> this isn't something that i'm going to draw the lines in the sand, he's not going to draw...
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listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to tell you that there may be some middle ground. of course, the devil is in the details. the idea here, though, is that if a framework could be worked on, you may see deductions close, tax credits go away. some deductions, some loopholes closed. and, you know, a lot of people -- even if they're in that top income bracket where they're supposed to be paying 35% or that's the maximum they would pay, some of them effectively are not paying that. they still could be paying more in tax dollars. that could create more revenue. yet the tax rate itself could not go up. com
listen to what john boehner said about being reasonable. some rhetoric that's very con silltory. >> we talk about all kinds of things we may disagree on. i'm the most reasonable responsible person here in washington. the president knows this. he knows that he and i can work together. now the election is over. now it's time to get to work. >> reporter: now the important thing that speaker boehner said, soledad, was that increased revenue would be on the table. so that's the thing to...
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that is the position where speaker john boehner intends to lead. the president and the speaker spoke yesterday. i did not know how that went, but i am sure it was a cordial conversation. that is our intent, work with the president to avert the tax increase and the huge spending cuts. >> rick hess, i'm curious katherine haley, given the time frame that covers typically moves on, is it even feasible that they could act before sequestration? >> congress has an incredible way of acting very quickly. if you remember the budget control act, or the appropriations bill, we came to the brink many times, but in the end, congress did its job. it will be difficult and probably painful, but at the same time we will have to see the attitude of members when they return. >> andrew rotherham, to your question, one of the reasons i personally found the last couple of months of the presidential debates disheartening was that it struck me that neither can it wanted to speak honestly to the american people about where we are at, or start to educate and prepare voters f
that is the position where speaker john boehner intends to lead. the president and the speaker spoke yesterday. i did not know how that went, but i am sure it was a cordial conversation. that is our intent, work with the president to avert the tax increase and the huge spending cuts. >> rick hess, i'm curious katherine haley, given the time frame that covers typically moves on, is it even feasible that they could act before sequestration? >> congress has an incredible way of acting...
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the house speaker john boehner disagrees. >> the problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest americans is that more than half of them are small business owners. >> on tuesday night we found out that the majority of americans agree with my approach. i'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. >> the president is asking the congress to sign off on an extension of the middle class tax cuts right now while both sides work to reach an agreement on the more contentious issues. because of the impending financial doom and gloom, virginia state agencies are looking to cut their budgets by 4% as directedly the governor thursday. peggy fox -- directedly the governor thursday. peggy fox spent the day tracking how those cuts could affect the cities and counties in virginia. >> we still haven't recovered from the last recession, but washington was not as harshly impacted as other parts of the country because federal spending kept people employed here, but now ironically instead of our salvation that, connection could be a curse. schools in northern virgi
the house speaker john boehner disagrees. >> the problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest americans is that more than half of them are small business owners. >> on tuesday night we found out that the majority of americans agree with my approach. i'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. >> the president is asking the congress to sign off on an extension of the middle class tax cuts right now while both sides work to reach...
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meanwhile, speaker of the house john boehner has relaxed his opposition to new tax hikes to solve the budget crisis. it was a sign after the election that republicans are ready to start negotiations. it's a good sign as fears of the cliff sent the markets into their worst fall so far this year on wednesday. let's turn to jackie deangeles who's live at cnbc headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. well, the good side and the bright side of the news is that the u.s. stock futures are trending higher at the moment. as you said after a very sharp sell-off yesterday following president obama's re-election. the overseas markets saw a mixed bag. shares in asia tumbled overnight over fears of the looming u.s. fiscal cliff while the european markets are holding on to small gains. the dow had its worst day in a year closing below 13,000 for the first time since august 3rd to 12, 932. the s&p 500 down 33 points to 1394 and the nasdaq falling 74 points to 2937. marketwatchers no doubt looking for some signs of relief today as the s&p and the nasdaq also under k
meanwhile, speaker of the house john boehner has relaxed his opposition to new tax hikes to solve the budget crisis. it was a sign after the election that republicans are ready to start negotiations. it's a good sign as fears of the cliff sent the markets into their worst fall so far this year on wednesday. let's turn to jackie deangeles who's live at cnbc headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning to you, scott. well, the good side and the bright side of the news is...
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john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican circles in the house. there are two people who are making a run for conference chairman. tom price, who's also a committee chairman of the past, he's currently the republican policy committee chairman, he's making a bid for conference chairman, and kathy mcmorris rogers who's vice chairman of the republican congress right now. and they really do represent two different modes. mcmorris rogers is a very effective surrogate for romney. she is from washington, she's from tom foley's old district in the, in central/south washington. it's an agricultural area. spokane is sort of the population center,
john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican...
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house speaker republican john boehner says he's willing to compromise on raising some taxes to reduce the deficit. but only in conjunction with entitlement reform. vice president biden says the white house is willing to compromise as well. and local leaders are starting to weigh in. >> i think there is a huge opportunity that has to be seized in congress between now and the end of the year to find a path forward so that we can avoid some of the catastrophic consequences of either deep sequestration cuts or willynilly expiring of the bush tax cuts. >> that was tim kaine clearly signals he thinks a deal can be done by the end of december. in the meantime john delaney joined 9news now last night. he thinks it's the job of the new incoming congress to solve the debt problems, and he's hoping lawmakers on capitol hill will avoid the big decisions now and defer until new lawmakers can be sworn in. that's going to be a huge debate we're going to see over the next couple of weeks. do they do a deal now or kick the can down the road to allow the next congress possibly as much as a year or long
house speaker republican john boehner says he's willing to compromise on raising some taxes to reduce the deficit. but only in conjunction with entitlement reform. vice president biden says the white house is willing to compromise as well. and local leaders are starting to weigh in. >> i think there is a huge opportunity that has to be seized in congress between now and the end of the year to find a path forward so that we can avoid some of the catastrophic consequences of either deep...
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so republican party, speaker john boehner himself said today i had a difficult year. who's to blame for the loss from this past tuesday? according to one tea party leader it is the establishment members of the party. kelly carender told cnn, in a nutshell the republicans sat on their hands for four years 'and i don't know what the republicans were doing. the tea party was just getting started. but as cnn's gary tuchman is about to show us us the tea party has a lot to answer for, as well. >> reporter: this is not the scene most supporters of the tea party envisioned or desired. president obama was supposed to be a one-term president. ♪ liberty yes, obama care no! >> a primary mission of the tea party, get the government out of people's lives. there was even an african-american-led chapter in l.a. complete with a sign at one rally that read tea supports mlk's dream. >> i see that fk fk likes obama care and we don't like obama care. doesn't that tell you something? >> there was a lot of pa passion but problems. christine o'donnell running for senate in delaware. years
so republican party, speaker john boehner himself said today i had a difficult year. who's to blame for the loss from this past tuesday? according to one tea party leader it is the establishment members of the party. kelly carender told cnn, in a nutshell the republicans sat on their hands for four years 'and i don't know what the republicans were doing. the tea party was just getting started. but as cnn's gary tuchman is about to show us us the tea party has a lot to answer for, as well....
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boehner in the house --. lori: david, i'm so sorry to interrupt you. we have breaking news. we'll get back to the conversation. we're getting started. the president we are hearing arriving in staten island, an area, hard, hard hit by superstorm sandy. he is is expected to address the press after he speaks with first-responders. you can see the crowd there. a lot of media members looking to grab an interview or comments from the president as he tours sandy's storm-ravaged staten island. all right. let's return to our conversation with mr. west self "the wall street journal.". when we hear from the mr. president we'll return to that. thanks for rolling, david. continue with your comments. you said this was the calm before the storm if you will. >> right. everybody is basically trying to jockey for position, making clear what their opening bid is and trying to make the public thing if this doesn't work out it was the other guy who was reasonable, other guy was unreasonable. lori: what is going to get this thing
boehner in the house --. lori: david, i'm so sorry to interrupt you. we have breaking news. we'll get back to the conversation. we're getting started. the president we are hearing arriving in staten island, an area, hard, hard hit by superstorm sandy. he is is expected to address the press after he speaks with first-responders. you can see the crowd there. a lot of media members looking to grab an interview or comments from the president as he tours sandy's storm-ravaged staten island. all...
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guest: john boehner said he was looking for a golf game with the president. i do not know, talking to the obama campaign during the election, they were confronting an angry set of voters, even those who supported them. the theatrics in washington -- we have heard a lot of callers talk about this. i don't know if they have a place right now. this is an extremely urgent thing they have to address. it could have real consequences on recovery, really end it, and i do not think we will see a lot of that. i do not think the president wants to strike that tone. i think it will be pretty serious. it does not mean they will not try to get together in some kind of setting, but i do not think it will be seen the light it was in summer 2011. host: we want to thank our two white house reporters. thank you both for being here. that does it for today's "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. with more of your questions and comments via phone and twitter. thanks for watching. host: [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyrigh
guest: john boehner said he was looking for a golf game with the president. i do not know, talking to the obama campaign during the election, they were confronting an angry set of voters, even those who supported them. the theatrics in washington -- we have heard a lot of callers talk about this. i don't know if they have a place right now. this is an extremely urgent thing they have to address. it could have real consequences on recovery, really end it, and i do not think we will see a lot of...
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we heard from john boehner earlier today. you are the president, you lead. >> that is something the president has not wanted to do. even when it came to obamacare he allowed the senate to write the legislation and hung back in the shadows where the legislation worked itself through the process and it will be interesting to see if that is the strategy uses here. i have big questions this afternoon and it seems to me everybody is talking about what they are not willing to do, not what they are willing to do and that is the big problem. here is what happens. you started by talking about this. two million americans lose their jobs. we are in recession. that is what happens. americans don't need another recession at this point. we need a way to get people employed, get food on the table so that we can grow this country again. ashley: what is coming up tonight? gerri: this is going to be really interesting. weaken play the sound from the president and talk about what he makes of it and if you were going to compromise would be and h
we heard from john boehner earlier today. you are the president, you lead. >> that is something the president has not wanted to do. even when it came to obamacare he allowed the senate to write the legislation and hung back in the shadows where the legislation worked itself through the process and it will be interesting to see if that is the strategy uses here. i have big questions this afternoon and it seems to me everybody is talking about what they are not willing to do, not what they...
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john boehner said, a couple of days after the election, that it was time to work on this reform. this got his caucus irritated. host: let's show the folks some of what he said in that statement. >> >> -- [video clip] >> i am not talking about a seven page bill. i am talking about a comprehensive approach to fixing the borders and a broken immigration system. again, on an issue this big, the president has to leave. i think members on both sides of the aisle want to resolve this issue. host: you said that his caucus was surprised by this statement? guest: from louisiana they put out a statement saying that he was upset about many of the things that boehner said, not just immigration, but conversations on the debt in the next couple of weeks. this problem has been in the house since long before the tea party showed up. the rank-and-file get a little bit nervous, understandably. i think that some of them could possibly lose elections, if they are forced to vote on something as controversial as a path to citizenship. i thought it was interesting, there have been some conservative pund
john boehner said, a couple of days after the election, that it was time to work on this reform. this got his caucus irritated. host: let's show the folks some of what he said in that statement. >> >> -- [video clip] >> i am not talking about a seven page bill. i am talking about a comprehensive approach to fixing the borders and a broken immigration system. again, on an issue this big, the president has to leave. i think members on both sides of the aisle want to resolve this...
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speaker of the house john boehner immediately saying he generally supportive of trying to close the loop holes. do you see that as raising taxes? >> what boehner said and in the republican position since republican we should reduce rates have economic growth many of which are put in by obama for the solyndra green-type energy programs. let's bring the rates down. boehner was clear he wanted increase revenues it is not a tax increase to put more americans at work. if our recovery was growing the rate reagans did more americans would be at work. in terms of raising revenue which boehner grew about. if you grew the economy at reagan levels instead of two percent and obama and french levels, just growing faster and do that for a decade, the federal government gets trillions in taxes. we could undo the damage by having higher growth. >> gretchen: that's the difference in ideology. raise it to 3#.9 percent x. replace the alternative minimum tax with the buffet and raise the state tax and long-term capitol gains from 15-20. where do you think that those four points will go in negotiations with
speaker of the house john boehner immediately saying he generally supportive of trying to close the loop holes. do you see that as raising taxes? >> what boehner said and in the republican position since republican we should reduce rates have economic growth many of which are put in by obama for the solyndra green-type energy programs. let's bring the rates down. boehner was clear he wanted increase revenues it is not a tax increase to put more americans at work. if our recovery was...
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meanwhile house speaker john boehner has already signaling his willingness to hammer out a budget deal in an exclusive interview with abc's diane sayer, boehner made it clear that he's not open to raising taxes, but he did express confidence he and the president could find some common ground. >>> sources tell abc news that talks are under way for a possible plea deal for congressman jesse jackson jr. the illinois democrat is currently being treated at the mayo clinic for bipolar disorder. the fbi is investigating jackson for improperly using campaign funds for personal purchases, potentially furniture at his home, but he coasted to victory tuesday, retaining his congressional seat, despite virtually no presence on the campaign trail. the only involvement, a robo call. had. voted since june 8. and missed every one of the 225 votes since. that goes to show his strong contingency there. >> absolutely. >>> a look at your friday forecast, a big storm in the rockies with blizzard conditions and up to 2 feet of snow in montana, idaho, utah. showers along the california coast. some light rain
meanwhile house speaker john boehner has already signaling his willingness to hammer out a budget deal in an exclusive interview with abc's diane sayer, boehner made it clear that he's not open to raising taxes, but he did express confidence he and the president could find some common ground. >>> sources tell abc news that talks are under way for a possible plea deal for congressman jesse jackson jr. the illinois democrat is currently being treated at the mayo clinic for bipolar...